Pak Kǔm‐ch'ŏl (English spelling)

Japanese: 朴金喆 - ぼくきんてつ（英語表記）Pak Kǔm‐ch‘ŏl

1911‐
A politician from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Together with Pak Dal and others, he led the Kapsan Work Committee, which responded to the anti-Japanese armed struggle in the late 1930s, and was arrested in 1937 and given a life sentence. From the second conference in 1948 onwards, he was a central member of the Workers' Party and was in charge of military affairs and foreign affairs. In particular, from the late 1950s onwards, he was involved in key party affairs as a central figure in the so-called Kapsan faction (a group originating from the later anti-Japanese armed struggle), but he was ousted in 1967 and has not been seen since. His downfall is said to have been due to differences in opinion regarding operations against the South. [Kajimura Hideki]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1911‐　
朝鮮民主主義人民共和国の政治家。朴達らとともに1930年代後半に抗日武装闘争に呼応した甲山工作委員会を指導し，37年逮捕されて無期刑を受けた。48年の2回大会以降労働党の中央委員として軍事･外交等を担当。とくに50年代後半以降いわゆる甲山派(後期抗日武装闘争出身グループ)の中心人物として党務の枢要に参画したが67年に失脚し，以後消息不明。失脚は対南工作上の意見の差異によるともいわれる。【梶村秀樹】

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